On the long weekend of 10-13 October 2025, seven blokes from the Club and the skipper from Lloyds of London Yacht Club (LLYC), took LLYC’s X-55, Lutine, out for our annual sailing adventure with LLYC skipper Mick Brown. 

Howard, Kevin L, Richard, Jeremy, Mark, Peter & Graham met up at Haslar Marina on Thursday evening for dinner at The Castle Tavern. We set off on Friday morning for a gentle sail across to Swanage where we dropped anchor for a calm night on board.

On Saturday we sailed across to Weymouth and moored on a deserted Town Quay and on Sunday we headed back east to berth at Shepards Marina in Cowes. Our final sail was home to Haslar in calm seas. After several years of heavy weather, this time we experienced much more benign conditions with light winds all weekend.